William penman



(No Model.)

W. PENMAN. NOTE BOOK OR THE LIKE.

No. 472,073. v Patented Apr. 5, 1892.

NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM PENMAN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

NOTEA-BOOK OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,073, dated April 5,1892. Application filed July 18,1891. Serial No. 399,941. (No model.)Patented in England March 26, 1890 No. 4,765.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM PENMAN, residing at London, England, haveinvented an Improvement in Note-Books or the Like, (for which I haveobtained Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 4,765, dated March 26,1890,) of

which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is mainly to construct note-books or thelike in such a manner that they can carry within them a pencil, or itmay be a pen, which wherever the book is opened is exposed to view andcan be taken out and used. To effect this, I cut a long slot in thecenter of all of the several leaves of the book where in the ordinaryway they would be bound to the back. .In this way a cavity is formed atthe back of the book, within which a-pencil can lie, and whereever thebook may be opened the pencil can be taken out from the cavity and used.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a face view of an open note-book formed inthe manner above described. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, and Fig. 3 anedge view, of the book when closed. Fig. 4 is a section through the linea b, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar section when the book is opened nearone cover.

The several leaves I bind to the back at top and bottom above and belowthe ends of the slot and afterward cover the back with leather or othermaterial in the ordinary way of book-binding.

From Figs. 1, 4, and 5 it will be clearly seen that wherever the book isopened the pencil or pen lying in it is ready at hand, and when the bookis closed, with the pen or pencil resting, as it does, in the hollowformed within the leaves, there is no bulging of the back; neither doesthe pen or pencil tend to make it gap.

The book can be made in a variety of sizes and with bindings of variouskinds.

If desired, the pencil may be formed with an enlarged head and the slotin the leaves be cut of corresponding form. In this way the pencil whenlying in the cavity would be kept from all endwise movement whether thepencil were long or short.

Where the leaves are perforated in a line from top to bottom, near tothe back, so that they may readily be torn out, this line ofperforations is made at a distance in from the edge of the slot, so thateven when most of the leaves have been torn away there is stillsufficient left of each leaf to keep the cavity properly inclosed, sothat the pencil may be retained within it.

It is deemed of special importance to have the slot cut out from thecenter of the notebook, whereby the pencil is held in place and fromlongitudinal movement by the pressure of the paper. By this means theuse of springclips, &c., is avoided.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is A note-book or thelike provided with a slot cut out from the center of the several leaves,so as to form a cavity within which a pen or pencil may lie and whichcannot-be removed unless the book is opened.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM PENMAN,

Witnesses:

J OHN O. FELL, RICHARD A. HOFFMANN.

